No lies, imo, our roster looks really nice...almost everybody is so talented..... If you were the coach, how would you play the players, what positions, what kind of line-ups (who goes with who) and how many mins? Who do you think should get more or less? Ron- if you are reading this, mention in like a hint or whatever you do about whether you would want to be a starter or a 6th man.......... G Rafer Alston F Ron Artest G Brent Barry F Shane Battier G Aaron Brooks F Joey Dorsey G Steve Francis F Chuck Hayes G Luther Head F Carl Landry G Tracy McGrady F-C Luis Scola G D.J Strawberry G Von Wafer C Yao Ming Starting 5 Yao Ming Luis Scola Ron Artest Tracy McGrady Rafer Alston Line up 2 Joey Dorsey Carl Landry Shane Battier Brent Barry Aaron Brooks I would sub in Rafer with Barry; for Yao would be Landry; Running a small line-up would be Landry Hayes Artest Barry Brooks It's very hard to find time for Von Wafer, D.J Strawberry, Luther Head If...if...if...T-Mac does sit-out for longer time- than Von Wafer would come in and help us offensively. Yao Scola Artest Wafer or i would actaully play Barry, but since we have Alston, Barry could Alston come in for Alston That's just all what i "think"...it might not be good...but that's what i think would work...tell me how you guys would work this big nice roster~
Starters Alston T-Mac Artest Scola Yao Battier, Barry, Brooks, and Landry would be my regulars in the rotation. Scola would shift to center when Yao is out unless I bring in Mutombo or Dorsey for spot minutes. Hayes would also see a few minutes. Head and Francis most likely won't see the light of day unless we're up 20+ in the 4th. My favorite lineup by far T-Mac Battier Artest Scola Yao I like going big. I don't do the small ball thing. Still though if I see a matchup that favors us Artest can slide over to PF for a few and bring in Alston or Barry. I'd also prefer to play Brooks in tandem with Brent Barry. Since Brooks is more of a scorer and Barry is a good facilitator.
With a healthy roster, I'd only play 8 guys, with Hayes making it 8 1/2 for some defensive assignments when Yao's in. They work really well together. Rafer, Mac, Artest, Scola, Yao start. Barry, Battier and Landry off the bench. All 8 of those guys have to play at least 25 minutes. They're too efficient not to play that many minutes.
Dream Lineup: PG - The Franchise SG - T-Mac SF - Artest PF - Scola C - Yao Realistic Lineup: PG - Skip SG - T-Mac SF - Artest PF - Scola C - Yao 4th Quarter lineup: PG - Skip SG - T-Mac SF - Battier PF - Artest C - Yao Bench: Barry Brooks Shane Landry
PG - Rafer SG - T-Mac SF - Battier PF - Scola C - Yao Bench Barry Brooks Artest Landry I think Artest coming off the bench will be a good weapon to have if we are in a funk. He is a dependable scorer coming off the bench. Scoring lineup: PG - Rafer SG - T-Mac SF - Battier PF - Artest C - Yao
Starters: Yao Scola Battier TMAC Rafer Bench: Artest Landry Hayes Brooks Dorsey Head Barry Francis Strawberry
Starters: Yao Scola Battier TMAC Rafer Bench: Artest Landry Barry Brooks Hayes Head Dorsey Strawberry Francis
Starters: Rafer Tmac Shane Scola Yao Rotational players: Brooks Artest Barry Landry 4th qt Rafer, tmac, shane, artest, and yao Small ball: Brooks (or rafer) tmac shane artest scola (or landry) Big ball: Tmac Shane Artest Scola Yao Situational (injured/foul trouble on rotational players or match up dependent): Head Francis Dorsey Dj or Von (whoever makes the team) Deke (when we sign him)
Center: Yao (30) Scola (12) Chuck (6) PF: Scola (20) Landry(20) Artest (8) SF: Battier(25) Artest (18) Barry (5) SG: T-mac(30) Artest (8) Brooks/Strawberry/Von Wafer (10) PG: Alston (30) Barry (8) Brooks/Francis (10)
There have been a lot of threads like this, but I find it interesting that so many of you have Hayes out of the rotation. Morey said yesterday that Hayes will play 5-25 minutes a game depending on matchups.
Starting 5: Yao Scola Battier T-mac Skip Bench: Artest Landry Barry Brooks Chuck-for defensive assignments Small Ball: Landry or Scola Artest Tmac Barry Brooks Big: Yao Scola Artest Tmac Barry
Starters: Scola Landry Battier Head Brooks Bench: Hayes Wafer Injury list: Yao TMAC Barry Alston Francis Suspended: Artest Dorsey
i would play a 13 man rotation and rest everybody bc we have the firepower to do it i mean our 3rd string would be von wafer and dj strawberry, thats how good we are, im drinking the wafer and strawberry koolaid, no homo shenanigans
I like Battier starting with Yao. I loved how Artest tried to get Yao involved early in preseason games but I'd rather have Artest be at a scoring mind-set when he's on the court. If Artest comes from the bench, he will have more touches. Of course, to finish, I'd have all three: Artest, Tmac, and Yao on at the same time.
PG: Alston (28), Brooks (12), Barry (6), McGrady (2) SG: McGrady (30), Barry (10), Head (8) SF: Battier (24), Artest (24) PF: Landry (25), Scola (15), Hayes (5), Artest (3) C: Yao (30), Scola (10), Hayes (6), Mutombo (2) Player total: Starters Alston 28 McGrady 32 Battier 24 Landry 25 Yao 30 Bench Artest 28 Scola 25 Barry 16 Brooks 12 Hayes 11 Head 8 Mutombo 2 Basically, I'd use an 8-man rotation (Artest, Scola, and Barry the main bench guys) with Brooks and Hayes getting spot minutes.
This is almost exactly what I was going to post, except I would've included Hayes. I'm pretty sure that this is how it's gonna work, too. Unless it takes too long for Shane to get back and Artest is already cemented in his spot once he recovers from the injury.
My Team Starters (This lineup eliminates slow starts) Yao Tmac Artest Landry Rafer Bench (Dudes that actually play) Scola - plays better w/o Tmac on the floor and can run with 2nd unit Battier Brooks Barry Hayes, don't trust Dorsey yet Never see the floor except if up by 30 plus (sometimes in suits) Dorsey - Uniform Harris (Head has had more chances to get it right than anyone on this team) - street clothes Von - Uniform DJ - street clothes Francis or Deke - Don't care which one. - Street clothes until Yao gets hurt
1st unit: Alson Tmac Battier Scola Yao 2nd unit: Brooks/Francis Barry/Wafer Artest Landry Hayes/Scola/Mutombo Lockdown defense: Strawberry Tmac Battier Artest Yao/Hayes/Dorsey/Mutombo Small Ball / Fastbreaking team: Brooks Wafer/Strawberry Tmac Artest Landry Hoping to trade Head to free spots for Wafer and Strawberry Then trade wafer/head/dorsey for adam morrison. (lol. had to slip that one in)
PG: Alston (25)/Brooks (15)/SF (8) SG: Tmac (32)/Barry (10)/ Head (6) SF: Battier (24)/Artest (24) PF: Scola (22)/Landry (22)/Hayes (4) C: Yao (32)/ Dorsey (8)/ Deke (8) and if you can ship Head - great, give the 6 mins to Von or Straw resign Deke (if he'll take the min) o/w move Dorsey to 10-12 mins and let Hayes (or Landry) cover the remaining mins runnin some small ball. I'd also consider letting Tmac bring the ball up at point and have Artest cover SG. With Battier, Scola/Landry, and Yao.... anything that keeps that 'tard Rafer off the court is a good thing!
